Comments on: Why Sprint’s iPhone 5 gamble is not that crazy

By: Chris Asendorf

Chris Asendorf — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:58:29 +0000

Wow I see a lot of short sightedness on the comments. Get this into your heads people sprint made a huge move a few years ago that is about to pay off with the new Iphone 5. Sprint Owns more spectrum then AT&T, Verizon and T-mobile combined. This means it can dedicate more bandwidth to each user, hence the true unlimited data plans. Since Real world performance between LTE and WiMax is negligible. I think we can say with with a REAL 4G Iphone on a REAL 4G network with a ton of open spectrum Iphone 5 users will be very happy with sprint, and sprint currently is the ONLY company that offers real unlimited Data with no caps and no throttling. I think if you really understand Data Networking you can see how this is a very good move for them….

By: John K. Lin

John K. Lin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:04:13 +0000

Given today’s announcement and non-exclusivity, yes, the deal is crazy. Zzzz…

By: Jp

Jp — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:06:51 +0000

Im from the east coast and as a consumer im looking for signal and quality and its either att or verizon here. I’d radther deal with another name brand than having to switch to another carrier.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:38:30 +0000

I look forward to switching from AT&T! Goodness, they call this data?

But, my bill for a single line, and I need a new Android device to test, is between $150 and $200 per month for the iPhone, iPad, and tethering. I use it at home as well, so would be happy to upgrade a 4g access point. So, me switching will be approximately $3,000 in revenue.

The last time I switched was from Verizon to ATT because V did not support Apple products for data cards. I’ve been 100% wireless since 2000 or so.

Thank you ATT for your “service.”

By: John Gunn

John Gunn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:33:06 +0000

Customers have been fleeing Sprint because of poor service. It would be anti-consumer and poor business for Apple to force them to go back.

By: mindctrl

mindctrl — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:43:32 +0000

God I hope Sprint doesn’t get some exclusivity. Their network is bad enough as it is. I can’t imagine what it’ll be like if there’s a mad dash of nerds drooling for an iPhone 5.

By: tim jones

tim jones — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:25:18 +0000

an iPhone exclusive on another crappy network- woohoo!!

By: JRF

JRF — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:51:17 +0000

Sprint is NOT getting exclusivity. Nothing from the CEO’s comments suggest such a deal and AT&T and Verizon already sell more than Sprint is committing to.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:47:29 +0000

Ummm what happens in a year or so when iPhone 6 and or 7 come out??? Who gets the exclusivity on those??? Am I just confused on SPRINTS way of seeing the future?? I’m a Sprint customer but can’t afford to go the way of 3/4 G…. what about us poor suckers??? Are we figured in on their plan??

By: G the barber

G the barber — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:43:42 +0000

Sprint has to sell an average of 7.51 mill iphones per year.The good thing is year 1 iphone5 wimax: year 2 iphone 5s lte/wimax : year 3 iphone 6 :year 4 wimax 6s plus any ipad3 and other apple products